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Young life. Why do you carry guns and why do you carry the knife? Walking the streets now in your crew, getting stopped by boys in blue. Fighting and crime, thats all you see. Youre not even safe in your own community. Fighting in school got me kicked out, now Im on the streets dossing about. Getting in trouble and getting in strife finding some things to do with my life. Getting stopped and getting chased, oh my gosh now what a waste Walking on the...
2) Magic Mushroom Seekers' Guide to the Galaxy: A Journey of Self-Discovery with Psilocybin Mushrooms
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Dive into the enchanting world of Psilocybin mushrooms and unlock the secrets to profound self-discovery and personal transformation. This comprehensive guide will lead Seekers through every step of the Hero's Journey, providing them with the knowledge and tools necessary to safely and effectively explore the remarkable potential of magic mushrooms.
In this essential resource, you'll discover:
• The history, science, and safety of Psilocybin mushrooms
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Our Own Words shows that people experiencing extreme states of mental distress - often termed 'mental illness' - hold diverse perspectives on the nature of their experiences. The writers create meaning within the complex process of navigating ways to live with, through and beyond mental and emotional distress. These stories reveal many counter-narratives: challenges to widespread notions that equate extreme states of emotional distress with illness...
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This book is a celebration of women's stories, and we hope it's the first of many. What started as a one-night event in Champaign-Urbana has grown into annual storytelling events in multiple cities, showcasing dozens of remarkable women who shape their communities. And we know there is no shortage of women's stories to be found.
As we celebrate the first ten years of "That's What She Said,"we wanted to take a moment to look back on all the voices...
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"Let all our voices gather and rise, up to the heavens and fill the sky." Be Silent No Longer Pop Poetry Fusion These are compelling words, to be certain. They are The Brickley Bray Project's call to action. As much as we believe we should act, or do, or participate, we all have difficulty taking that first step. The Brickley Bray Project wants that first step to be easy. Just listen. That's all that's required. And it is effortless. Diane Bray's...
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In the tradition of Marlo Thomas's The Right Words at the Right Time, My Hero is a stunning collection of essays by American heroes-including Michael J. Fox, Senator John McCain, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, astronaut John Glenn-about their heroes, inspiring examples of the best that we can be.In My Hero, some of the most prominent heroes and leaders of our time will share-in their own words-their thoughts and stories about the people who have been the greatest...
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Although Boone County is one of the smallest counties in Illinois, it is rich in larger-than-life stories that grew from its prairies, forests, and streams. Its history includes a king of the hobos, a huge wheel of cheese, and a business leader who manufactured some of the best sewing machines and bicycles ever built in the United States. From the 1830s to the 1940s, Boone County rode booms and busts while steadily growing and attracting new residents...
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A groundbreaking collective work of history by a group of incarcerated scholars that resurrects the lost truth about the first women's prison
What if prisoners were to write the history of their own prison? What might that tell them-and all of us-about the roots of the system that incarcerates so many millions of Americans?
In this groundbreaking and revelatory volume, a group of incarcerated women at the Indiana Women's Prison have assembled a...
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"101 Great American Poems" is a thoughtfully curated anthology that brings together a diverse collection of classic American poetry. Spanning over two centuries, the book features works from some of the nation's most celebrated poets, including Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, and Langston Hughes. Each poem has been carefully selected to represent the richness and variety of American poetic expression, capturing themes...
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The Everyday Mathematics (EM) program was developed by the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP) and is now used in more than 185,000 classrooms by almost three million students. Its research-based learning delivers the kinds of results that all school districts aspire to. Yet despite that tremendous success, EMoften leaves parents perplexed. Learning is accomplished not through rote memorization, but by actually engaging in real-life...
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In 2015, the historian Chris Momany helped discover a manuscript that had been forgotten in a storage closet at Adrian College in Michigan. He identified it as the journal of a nineteenth-century Christian abolitionist and missionary, David Ingraham. As Momany and a fellow historian Doug Strong pored over the diary, they realized that studying this document could open new conversations for twenty-first-century Christians to address the reality of...